Carrollton, TX Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

51 of Carrollton's General Code of Ordinances splits political sign rules by where the sign sits. On private real property, subsection (A) requires the property owner's consent, compliance with the city's Visibility Ordinance, a placement at least three feet from the back of curb or edge of street pavement, and hard caps of 36 square feet in area and eight feet in height, with no illumination and no moving elements. 036 carve out an allowance. Any sign placed under that Election Code allowance still may not extend over or block a public sidewalk or path, exceed 36 square feet or eight feet in height, be illuminated or moving, or sit in a street or roadway median in a way that blocks vehicle sightlines or sidewalk access.

The code sets a rebuttable presumption for where the right-of-way itself ends: one foot from the edge of the sidewalk farthest from the curb, or ten feet back from the curb where there is no sidewalk, which determines where a sign crosses from private into regulated public land. Polling places get their own layer under subsection (B)(4): a political sign may go up at a city-owned polling place only during the voting period, no earlier than the first day of early voting, and must come down within 24 hours after election day.

A polling-place sign additionally cannot stand within 100 feet of any exterior door voters use to enter the building, cannot block vehicle visibility, extend over a sidewalk, exceed the 36-square-foot/eight-foot limits, be illuminated, or carry moving elements. Both subsections were adopted under Ordinance 3899, § 2, on March 19, 2019.